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insertAdjacentText

Description

Inserts the given text into the element at the given place. The method inserts the text as plain text.

Syntax

object.insertAdjacentText(where, text)

ParameterDescription
where String specifying where to insert the text. Can be one of the following:
BeforeBegin Inserts the text immediately before the element.
AfterBegin Inserts the text after the start of the element but before all other content in the element.
BeforeEnd Inserts the text immediately before the end of the element but after all other content in the element.
AfterEnd Inserts the text immediately after the end of the element.
text String specifying the text to insert.

Return Value

No return value.

Remarks

You cannot insert text while the document is loading. Wait for the onload event before attempting to call this method.

Applies To

A, ADDRESS, AREA, B, BASEFONT, BIG, BLOCKQUOTE, BODY, BUTTON, CAPTION, CENTER, CITE, CODE, COMMENT, DD, DFN, DIR, DIV, DL, DT, EM, FIELDSET, FONT, FORM, FRAMESET, H1, H2, H3, H4, H5, H6, HR, I, IFRAME, IMG, INPUT, KBD, LABEL, LEGEND, LI, LISTING, MAP, MARQUEE, MENU, OL, OPTION, P, PRE, S, SAMP, SCRIPT, SELECT, SMALL, SPAN, STRIKE, STRONG, STYLE, SUB, SUP, TD, TEXTAREA, TH, TR, TT, U, UL, VAR

See Also

insertAdjacentHTML,innerText,outerText


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